(12 May 08 -RV) Sri Lanka's opposition said today it would launch a mass campaign
calling on the government to restore democracy in the island nation after tense Eastern
Province elections that it says were tainted by vote tampering and intimidation.
Sri
Lanka's president yesterday hailed his party's election win as a mandate to push
ahead with the war against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north.
Archbishop Oswald
Gomez from the Archdiocese of Colombo says that while the Government is claiming victory,
it remains for the courts to decide whether the election was valid….